Divya Verma, Ph.D. Mailing Address: Assistant Professor 484, Shri Awas (L&T), Sector 18B, Department of Botany Dwarka, New -110078, Kalindi College (University of Delhi) Mobile No.: +91-9868778770 East Patel Nagar, -110008, INDIA email: [email protected]

EDUCATION M.Sc. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 2013 Bioinformatics Dissertation: “Can knowledge of the spatial organization of the genome help understand transcription factor binding data?”

Ph.D. Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, INDIA 2004 Botany Thesis: A Study on the Aeroallergens of Bikaner (Rajasthan)

M.Sc. Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, INDIA 1999 Botany

B.Sc. Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer, INDIA 1997 Botany, Zoology and Chemistry

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor Department of Botany, July, 09-Present Kalindi College (University of Delhi), Delhi, INDIA-110008

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Lecturing Plant Systematics, Plant Physiology, Plant Anatomy, Molecular Biology, Genetics & Genomics and Bioinformatics to the B.Sc. (Program) and B.Sc. (Honors) students. • Framing of curriculum and its effective implementation for the above courses. • Conducting and supervising tutorials and practical sessions and liaising with other colleges of the University for Practical Examinations. • Evaluation of scripts, assignments, practical and projects. • Liaising with prominent academic personalities to organize seminars, symposia workshops and related academic activities. • Organizing field trips, excursions and visit to different research institutions. • Coordinating with the various departments and other colleges of the University for organizing various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities for the subject (Botany/Bio-Chem) society.

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CURRICULUM ASSIGNMENTS • Framing Guidelines for practical of B.Sc. (Program) Life Science courses  Paper 10: LSPT 304 Biodiversity-I “Microbes”  Paper 15: LSPT 408 Biodiversity-II “Plants” • Framing Guidelines for theory and practical of B.Sc. (Honours) Botany Discipline Course-I  Paper 2: PLANT CELL BIOLOGY  Paper 7: PLANT SYSTEMATICS

CO-CURRICULAR/EXTRA-CURRICULAR ASSIGNMENTS • Convener Fashinista: Fashion (Cultural) Society 2014-15. • Co-convener Vigyan Vividha-First Inter-College Science Festival 2013-14 • Convener Bio-Chemical Academic Society 2013-14. • Co-convener Bio-Chemical Academic Society 2009-10.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS • Bursar, Kalindi College (University of Delhi), Since August, 2015 • OBC observer in the screening committee constituted for the scrutiny of the applications for permanent positions of Assistant Professor in various Departments, 2014. • Working as OBC (Other Backward Class) liaison officer since 2011. • Convener OBC (Other Backward Class) admission committee since 2011-12 session. • OBC observer in various selection committees for the appointment of Assistant Professor on ad-hoc basis in various Departments since 2011. • Deputy-superintendent for conducting semester examinations, 2010-11.

Lecturer Department of Botany, July, 04-Nov, 05 SD College (Kurukshetra University), Panipat (Haryana), INDIA

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Taught Plant Biodiversity, Cell Biology, Genetics, Plant Breading and Plant Physiology to B.Sc. students. • Conducted and supervised practical sessions for the above subjects. • Evaluated scripts, assignments and practical. • Organized field trips, excursions and visit to different research institutions. • Liaised with prominent academic personalities to organize seminars, symposia workshops and related academic activities.

Lecturer Department of Botany, Aug, 03-Feb, 04 Seth Motilal PG College, (University of Rajasthan) Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan), INDIA

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES • Taught Plant Physiology, Molecular biology and genetics & Genomics to B.Sc. students. • Taught Plant Physiology to post graduate students. • Conducted and supervised practical sessions for the above subjects.

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• Evaluated scripts, assignments and practicals. • Organizing field trips, excursions and visit to different research institutions. PROFESSIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES • Co-ordinated with professionals and academia from the University of Rajasthan and other organizations to establish Botany laboratory for post graduate students of the college.

SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) 2002 Awarded Junior Research Fellowship through an Examination conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India.

FTP (Faculty Training Program) scholarship 2012 Selected by University of Delhi for the FTP scholarship (Funded By University Grants Commission, Government of India) to pursue Masters in Bioinformatics at University of Edinburgh, UK.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION/ DEVELOPMENT NET (National Eligibility Test) 2002 Qualified National Eligibility Test for lectureship/Assistant Professorship jointly conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India.

M.Sc. in Bioinformatics 2013 Did another Masters in the field of Bioinformatics for carrier development/ enhancement from University of Edinburgh, UK.

PUBLICATIONS • Verma D. Next Generation Genome Re-Sequencing: Tools for Identification and Validation of Variants. Int. Jour. of Comp. Biol. and Bioinfo. 2015; 1:1. • Verma D. Comparative Study of Sequence Assemblers. Yearly Academic Journal, Kalindi College (Univ. of Delhi). 2014-15; 1.

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/TALKS ATTENDED • Paper Titled: “Protein Kinases as Drug Target against Trypanosoma brucei” has been 2016 accepted for presentation at the 2016 Hawaii University International Conferences to be held from Friday January 8 to Monday 11, 2016 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

• Paper Titled: “Protein Kinases as Drug Target against Trypanosoma brucei” has 2015 been accepted for presentation at Hawaii University International Conferences to be held from Friday January 8 to Monday 11, 2016 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. • Participated in ICOLL 2015 organized by International Economics Development

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and Research Center (IEDRC) on 20-21 July, 2015 in Paris, France.

• Participated in the 9th Symposium on frontiers in Biomedical Research 2014 organized by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi from 14-16th April, 2014. • Participated in the National Symposium on Infectious Disease: Advancements in Diagnosis, Therapeutics and Vaccines organized by Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences (University of Delhi), New Delhi on 20th and 21st March, 2014. • Participated in 19th refresher course in Life Sciences organized by Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi from 13th January, 2014 to 7th February, 2014. • Resource person for ad-on course on “Bioinformatics and In-Silico Medicine” organised by from January 2014.

• Attended 2nd Quarterly Edinburgh Bioinformatics Meeting on 30th July, 2013 2013. • Attended Next Generation Bioinformatics User Group (NextGenBug) 31st meeting on 10th June, 2013 at Roslin Institute, Edinburgh. • Attended 1st Quarterly Edinburgh Bioinformatics Meeting on 29th April, 2013. • Workshop on “Project Planning for Bioinformatics, Systems and Synthetic Biology & Drug Discovery” on 25 February, 2013 organized by Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh.

• Attended ILLL-ICT workshop for Capacity Building organized by University of 2010 Delhi.

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